[kwlug-disc] Serving video library

[Mikalai Birukou]

> Interesting, I never thought about the dvd/blueray menu experience as 
> being part of the content
DVD may also have a bunch of other stuff like captions, languages, 
director comments about movie-making, etc. I think of DVD as a little 
movie site, viewable offline.

May I also note that youtube came without markers on video timeline, 
like chapters. They have appear in recent years. Is this an example of 
80-20 rule? Like in spaghetti (80) with sauce (20) youtube starts to be 
less plain.


>> Context.
>>
>> It is 2022.
>>
>> You have a library of DVDs. And you did make a private copy, cause
>> dvd's scratch/fail.
>>
>> Then you open access to it on your local network along with pdf and
>> epub books. Access as a simple http directory you can browse.
>>
>> The problem with DVDs is that it is a folder you need to start
>> watching it. Turning to mp4's and likes looses DVD's vibe.
>>
>>
>> Eureka:
>>
>> So, there is a plugin for Firefox that will download whole http
>> directory. You know, a GUI tool others in your household can
>> click/use.
>>
>> Plugin is
>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/http-directory-downloader/ 
>>
>>
>> I am sure there are others. But, I haven't thought about this way of
>> accessing DVD's before.